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| FSB prevents a terrorist attack at a Russian Armed Forces facility in Donetsk |
| 2024-04-12 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The FSB stopped the activities of a terrorist cell that was planning a terrorist attack on a Russian Armed Forces (AF) facility in Donetsk. The group included six citizens of one of the Central Asian states, the intelligence service’s public relations center reported on April 11. “On April 11, 2024, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation suppressed the activities of a terrorist cell consisting of six citizens of one of the Central Asian states, whose members were planning to commit a terrorist act against a facility of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation stationed in the city of Donetsk,” the statement said. The FSB clarified that during operational search activities it was established that the coordination of the activities of the terrorist group was carried out from the territory of Ukraine. As reported by IA Regnum, earlier on the same day, the Federal Security Service reported that it had stopped the activities of a native of one of the Central Asian countries who was planning a terrorist attack in a religious Jewish institution in Moscow. A native of Central Asia who was preparing a terrorist attack in a synagogue in Moscow was killed during his arrest. Also on April 11, it became known that the FSB and the Ministry of Defense stopped the landing of sabotage groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces special forces on the Tendrovskaya Spit in the Kherson region, planned by the British special services. The Ukrainian Armed Forces landing force was destroyed, one Ukrainian citizen, a senior soldier of the 73rd Naval Center of the Special Operations Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, was taken prisoner. According to the prisoner of war, British intelligence services provided the special forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with irrelevant information for the landing on the Tendrovskaya spit in the Kherson region. More from regnum.ru FSB: those planning the terrorist attack in Donetsk wanted to go to Turkey, and then to Ukraine The terrorists who planned to commit a crime in Donetsk then planned to travel to Turkey and from there to Ukraine. The plans of the detained members of the group were told at the FSB Public Relations Center (FSB TsOS). Involvement in the planned terrorist attack is confirmed by the fact that two improvised explosive devices, ready for use, as well as hand grenades were discovered at the suspects’ place of residence. “After committing a crime in the Russian Federation, the participants planned to travel to Turkey and then cross to Ukraine,” the law enforcement agency explained. As Regnum reported, on April 11, the FSB stopped the activities of a terrorist cell that was planning a terrorist attack on a Russian Armed Forces facility in Donetsk. The group included six citizens of one of the Central Asian states. The security forces clarified that during operational search activities it was established that terrorists were coordinated from the territory of Ukraine. The FSB also stopped the activities of a native of one of the Central Asian countries who was planning a terrorist attack on a religious Jewish institution in Moscow. A native of Central Asia who was planning a terrorist attack in a synagogue was killed during his arrest. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #3 There’s been a frustrating dearth of information about the thwarted attack on Jewish Moscow. The Times of Israel’s report isn’t worth linking because it’s just as vague. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2024-04-12 22:35 |
| #2 Russia thwarts planned terrorist attack on Moscow Synagogue |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-04-12 07:28 |
| #1 I am not a fan of the FSB, but this all sounds like good news. I presume the Ukraine connection is a CYA though. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2024-04-12 07:26 |